Railway-tie.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

arm-892,300.

0. G. PETERSON.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 1, 1907- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Quorum PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

C G. PETERSON.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION rILL'p JUNE 1, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Wihwooeo arm"? UNITED STATES PATENT oFFroE.

CARL G. PETERSON, OF WEST DULUTH, MINNESOTA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DAVID SEASHORE, OF WEST DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

RAILWAY-TIE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. June 1, 1907.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Serial No. 376,760.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL G. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at -West Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This'invention relates to improvements in railway ties and means for securing the rails on the ties and it consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of my invention is to provide a railway tieof improved construction which may be made from a single sheet of metal.

A further object is to combine with the tie an im roved form of rail securing devices.

In t e accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the railroad tie and railway rail securing devices embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the tie. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a modified form of the tie.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one form of my improved rail securing device. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing another form of the same. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the form of tie shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view showing another mo dified form of rail securing device. Fig. 8 is a erspec'tive view showing another modified.

orm of railway tie and also showing another modifiedformof rail securing device. Fig. 9 is a detail longitudinal, horizontal sectional view of the form of tie shown in Fig. 8, taken on the lane indicated by the line aa, of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of the form of rail securing device shown in connection with the tie in Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a perspective vie showing another modified construction of the tie, and Fig. 12 is a detail erspective view of one of the angle pieces or strengthening the upper web of the tie.

Referring first to the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the tie 1 is made of a single sheet of metal bent in channel form to provide an upper or tread web 2 and vertically depending side webs 3. The tread ,web is formed near its ends with openings 4,

from the outer 'ends of which integral portions of the said web are down-turned to form angle brace pieces 5 which bear between the side webs 3. 7

On the horlzontal upper tread web 2 of such other channel member.

the tie are rail securing plates 67 to respectively bear against the inner and outer sides of the rails 8. Each plate 6 is formed vwith an opening 9 from the outer side of which an arm 10 which is integral with the said plate, is bent up, to engage and bear upon the inner base flange of one of the rails. Each plate 7 is formed at its inner end with an integral arm 11 to engage the outer base flange of a rail, and having its sides turned at right angles to provide flanges 12 which bear against the outer side of the web of the rail and also bear on the outer base flange an under the outer side of the head thereof. The said plates 6 and 7 are secured on the tie by means of bolts 13.

In Fig. 5, I show a modified construction ofrail securing plate in which the plate 14 has an arm 15 bolted on the upper side thereof, as at 16, and with one end raised, as at 17 to bear on a base 'ilange of a rail.

In the form of my invention shown in F ig, 3, the tie 18 com rises a pair of channel members 19 each or which has a vertical web 20, an upper web 21 and a lower web 22. The vertlcal webs of the respective channel members bear against each other and each ofthe said webs has an opening 23 therein and an integral angle piece 24 bent out from one side of said opening and extended through the opening of the vertical web of the other angle piece and bearing between the upper,

metal bent to form an upper tread and connecting portion 27 and. a pair of channel members 28, each of which comprises a vertical web 29, an upper web 30 and a lower web 31. Each of the said vertical webs has an opening 32 and each of the side webs is further provided with an integral angle piece 33 bent out from one side of said opening, which passes through the opening of the vertical web of the other channel member and bears between the upper and lower flanges of In connection with thisform of my improved tie, I also show rail securing devices 34 which are identical with the formof rail securing device shown in Fig. 7, and hereinbefore described,

with the tion that eachof said devices as is formed with down-turned side portions forming flanges 35 which engage the common edge of the connecting tread piece 27 and the-upper webs of. the channel members.

111 the form of my'invention shown in Fig. 11, the tie 36 is rolled or cast, is channeled on opposite sides and. comprises the vertical web 37, the head 38-and the base 39y Angle pieces 4G, shown in detail in Fig. 12, are placed with their horizontal arms il bolted to the undersicles of the head and their vertical arms 42 extending through the head flan es to the base flan es of the tie.

aving thus describe the invention, what I claim as new and'desire to secure by Letters Patent is: .t 1

1, A railway'tie made of channel metal and having an openin in one Web spaced from one end and an integral bent ortion turned angulariy from one side ofsai 0 ening and. disposed. between other webs or the tie to brace the same.

nel members each having a vertical web and horizontalupper and lower webs, the vertical web of each member having an opening, and an angle brace piece extending through the openin and. between the upper and lower Webs 0 the other channel member,

3. A railway tie made of a single sheet of metal bent to form a air of channel mem bers disposed side by side, each having a Verwebs, and a connecting portion on and be. tween the upper Webs of the'said channel member having an opening s aced from one end andan angle piece bent rorn said vertical Web and extending through the opening other channel mem er.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. CARL Gr. PETERSON.

Witnesses: a

J. O. JOHNSON,

2. Arailway tie comprising a pair of chan- EDWARD PETERSON.

tical Web and horizontal upper and lower v members, the ve'zrtical Web of each channel and between the up er-and lower Webs of the 

